On 9 Feb 2008, at 14:04, Walter Bender wrote: > it is likely just a (simple) matter of checking your i18n-related > files. Hi Walter,
Thanks for jumping in. With Simon Schampijer's help, I have restored the i18n and keyboard file to (what I believe is) their initial state, but the boot problem persists. > If things are so scrambled that you cannot sort them out, you can > always: > > (1) boot with the O key down to load your alternative image; I presume you mean the O key on the game pad? No joy: Release the game key to continue <Jingle> Xo logo appears, along with a red USB key, an orange floppy/screen(?) and a green XO logo, with four yellow dots underneath it. Then: Trying nand:\security\develop.sig Trying nand:\boot-alt\bootfw.zip Trying nand:\boot-alt\runos.zip Boot failed Use power button to power off And a sad smiley face. Or (most of the time) Release the game key to continue <Jingle> Xo logo appears <Pause> Red USB key, an orange floppy/screen(?), a green XO logos a 4 yellow dots appear, along with the sad smiley, plus the text: Boot failed Powering off in 10 seconds > (2) do an olpc-update from the console; or > (3) reflash Where did my comfort zone go, all of a sudden? I'm not sure how to do an olpc-update from the console, since the XO has not had the chance to connect to the Internet at this point. I presume that I need to follow the instructions http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Olpc-update#Simple_Offline_Upgrade If I understand correctly, I should type... olpc-update --version ... into the virtual console. However, this command is not recognized. I read on: If you don't even have the --version option, or if it does not say that you are using at least version 2.0 of olpc-update, you will need to upgrade olpc-update before continuing. Catch 22. Upgrading to olpc-update means using wget, which means being connected to the Internet. Which the XO is not. Conclusion: I need to download an image to a USB key, and boot from that. I found an encouraging item at <http://chanson.livejournal.com/179947.html >: Just copy the os653.img file to the FAT formatted USB drive, connect it to the OLPC then reboot with all the game buttons pressed. I reformatted a USB key to MS-DOS (FAT) format. I downloaded os653.img from <http://download.laptop.org/xo-1/os/official/latest/jffs2/ >. I then followed Chris Hanson's instructions (above)... and after more lines of Trying <this that and the other>, was gratified by another sad smiley. So. What options do I have left? Or where have I gone wrong? On 9 Feb 2008, at 14:55, Walter Bender wrote: > time for a full update... > sigh. Where do I find the steps for this? Thanks in advance, James _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel